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The United States said on Sunday that Americans trying to exit Ukraine should consider leaving via land border crossings with Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, as wait times to cross there are lower than at the crossing with Poland and Moldova.

They are worried about their stranded friends and an uncertain academic future

People fleeing war in Ukraine poured into central Europe on Sunday, with queues at border crossings stretching back for kilometres on the fourth day of a Russian invasion that has pushed nearly 400,000 people to seek safety abroad.

Romania will send provisions and equipment worth 3 million euros ($3.38 million) to Ukraine and has offered to care for the wounded in military and civilian hospitals, government spokesperson Dan Carbunaru said on Sunday.

More than 43,000 Ukrainians have fled to Romania in the three days since Russia invaded Ukraine by land, sea and air, border police data showed on Sunday.

More than 368,000 people have already fled abroad from fighting in Ukraine and that number could soar up to 5 million as Russian forces press further into the country, the UN says.

Thousands of young Arabs who took up studies in Ukraine are appealing to be rescued from a new nightmare -- Russia's full scale invasion of the country. More than 10,000 Arab students attend university in Ukraine. Many have criticized their governments for failing to take concrete measures to repatriate them,…

Centre launches Operation Ganga to bring back citizens stranded in Ukraine via Romania, Hungary

Slovakia's embassy staff from Ukraine's capital Kyiv arrived in Romania on Saturday morning, Slovak Defence Minster Jaroslav Nad said on Twitter.